Losborne
Character Analysis

A doctor and close associate of the Maylie family, Losborne cares for Oliver when Oliver is recovering from a gunshot wound in the Maylie home. Later, he cares for Rose when she falls ill with fever. Losborne, at the novel's end, moves close to Harry and Rose, as he has become almost a part of the family.

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Losborne Character Timeline in Oliver Twist

The timeline below shows where the character Losborne appears in Oliver Twist. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Chapter 29

...Mrs. Maylie, an older and distinguished woman, and her seventeen-year-old niece Miss Rose Maylie. A doctor arrives, breathless, having been shocked by the news of the robbery—the narrator points out, jokingly,...
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The doctor talks to Giles, asking if Giles shot the intruder—Giles says, proudly, that he did. Losborne...
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Chapter 30

The doctor leads both Rose and Mrs. Maylie upstairs to see Oliver. On revealing that Oliver is...
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Lorsborne swears that he will get the truth out of Giles and Brittles, but before doing...
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When Losborne goes downstairs, he sees that the village constable has joined Giles and Brittles. Losborne, attempting...
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Chapter 31

...charge in the house. They ask whether "a boy" it was who robbed the home; Losborne says that this isn't true, that Giles and Brittles only believes the person they shot...
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Losborne is worried that, if Oliver tells the true story of his life to Blathers and...
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...strange, complex story about a robber he once caught named Conkey Chickweed—a story that neither Losborne nor the Maylies can follow—Blathers, with Duff, goes upstairs to talk to Oliver. Losborne and...
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...grow stronger, despite his injury. He is looked after by Rose, Rose's aunt, and Dr. Losborne.
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Chapter 32

Once Oliver is hardy enough to make the journey, he takes a wagon with Losborne back to London, in order to meet with Brownlow and Mrs. Bedwin, and to explain...
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Losborne, by nature an impetuous man, goes into the house to berate whomever is there, and...
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Losborne and Oliver head to Brownlow's house, where they ring and find a servant. This servant,...
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...than any he has known, and spends three months of bliss with the Maylies and Losborne, who visits often from his home nearby.
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Chapter 33

...seems poised to help her niece, and to fight off melancholy. She dispatches Oliver to Losborne's, with a note informing him of Rose's fever. Oliver notices another letter for a man...
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Oliver runs all the way to the market, four miles off, with the letter for Losborne (it will be taken from the market to Losborne by coach). While running back home...
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When Oliver returns home, Rose's fever has grown worse—Losborne, who arrives later, fears that Rose might not survive it. After a few days, in...
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Chapter 34

...the time being; Mrs. Maylie goes back to tend to Rose, and Harry entertains Oliver, Losborne, and Giles with stories into the night. Over the next several days, Harry stays at...
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...saw on the street (the "strange man," after Oliver had dropped off a letter for Losborne in the nearby market-town) outside the window. In a daze, Oliver cannot do anything, and...
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Chapter 35

...alerts the house that "the Jew" (Fagin) and another man were there. Harry, Giles, and Losborne attempt to find them outside, but cannot—the two seem to have vanished without a trace....
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Chapter 36

After breakfast, as Harry is preparing to leave with Losborne, Harry pulls Oliver aside and asks him a favor: that Oliver might write to Harry...
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Chapter 41

...him all the information Rose has relayed to her. Brownlow, hearing all, pledges to tell Losborne all that had taken place, while Rose returns to the hotel to inform Mrs. Maylie....
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Losborne is furious with Nancy when he hears that she is responsible for dragging Oliver back...
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Brownlow and Losborne go to the hotel to meet with Rose and Mrs. Maylie. Brownlow has a plan...
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Chapter 49

Brownlow tells Monks he will protect him if he swears to this version of events. Losborne then enters and says that they have found Sikes' dog and have used it to...
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Chapter 51

...full nature of his backstory, and he is anxious to discover this truth. Brownlow and Losborne have also kept the details of Nancy's murder and Sikes' death from the ladies, until...
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Chapter 53

...Oliver move to within a mile of the parsonage where Harry and Rose live. And Losborne, inventing an excuse to be close to the group he loves so much, also moves...
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